Occupations prohibited for foreign nationals
- Manual labour
- Agriculture, livestock, forestry or fishing, except specialized work or farm supervision
- Bricklaying, carpentry and other construction work
- Wood carving
- Driving motor vehicles or non-mechanized vehicles, except piloting international aircraft
- Shopfront sales
- Auctioneering
- Accounting supervision, audit or services, except temporary internal audit
- Cutting or polishing diamonds or gemstones
- Haircutting, hairdressing or beauty services
- Hand weaving
- Mat weaving or making products from reeds, rattan, jute, straw or bamboo pulp
- Handmade mulberry paper
- Lacquerware production
- Making Thai musical instruments
- Nielloware production
- Making gold, silver or gold-copper alloy products
- Making polished metalware
- Making Thai dolls
- Making mattresses or quilted blankets
- Making monks' alms bowls
- Making silk products by hand
- Making Buddha images
- Knife making
- Making paper or fabric umbrellas
- Shoe making
- Hat making
- Brokerage or agency work, except international trade brokerage or agency
- Civil engineering involving design, calculations, systems, research, project planning, testing, construction supervision or advice, except work requiring specialist expertise
- Architectural design, drafting, cost estimation, construction management or advice
- Garment making
- Pottery and ceramics
- Rolling cigarettes by hand
- Tour guiding or organizing tours
- Street vending
- Setting Thai printing type by hand
- Reeling or twisting silk by hand
- Clerical or secretarial work
- Legal services or litigation
Note: a Cabinet resolution allowed workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia
to work in two occupations: manual labour and domestic work.
Information courtesy of: Ministry of Labour